The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

.7 IA-tt 1I ~~ TO TRIG itIibPRIETORS 'OF EAST - INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN the month of April last, I announced my inten tion to become a CANDIDATE fora SEAT in the'EAST INDIA:DIRECTION, when I should • be, legally .qualifier) for the Office, by a Residence of Two Years in Great Britain, after my return froni India. Li Jutie'next, that period will he completed ; and on the. first. Vacancy that may subsequently take place, venture respectfidly to solicit your favour and support. I have had the honour to fill successively the situations of Stand , ing Counsel arid , Advocste-General to the Company, under the Supreme GoVernment of India; who have recorded their satisfac tion and approval of the manner in which my official duties were fidfilled. The pursuits and studies connected with my profession, joined to a very general and extensive practice, during a residence in India of seventeen years, have afforded me the moans of being acquainted with the Laws and Institutions under which. Justice is administered, as,well as with the habits, manners, and customs of the various classes .and descriptions, of our fellow subjects, for whose protection those Laws and Institntions were framed. I. may be permitted to add, that the general affairs . of our .Eastern Possessions, and the system of policy Which unites them to the mother coinitry, and by Nvbich they are governed, have not escaped my attentiau and re earth. The time is approaching when those affairs moat dentand more than their usual altars of public attention. 2 I am sensible that the office of a Director of the East India Company, always one of great importance anti trust, maybe attended at such a period, with morethandts ordinary difficulties ; butshould you deem me Worthy of your contitlenc.e, and not unequal to the duties of the office, I am willing to undertake those. duties, and promise faithfully to discharge them, according to the best of my ability. I have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your moat obedient and !Mudge servant, • — lt CUTLAR FERGUSSON. London, 17, Great Cumberland-street; Sept. 12, 1826. • T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW; iNTO. LXVIII will be published on the !Rat Instant. ?TO PUSS:—=-Though Puss did not bear, as she expected, it was . owing to caution only her Pura did not by C or B G ; she is quite inistaken if she thinks any change of circumittuice can altar. Every thing has come sifts remember,— Direct as usual, but be very careful, and do not run the least risk on any account. Puss will patiently wait. • September 19. ' . . . . COUNTY FIRE'OFFICE-and PROVIDENT 1 4- 1 LIFE 01710 E, Regent-street; London ; Established 1806. PRESIDENT Al4lO TRUSTEM, TFIE DUKE OF RUTLAND, ' • THE. MARQUESS OF NORTHAMPTON, - EARL GREY, LORD KING, &c. Sec. •&c. DIRECTORS. .Barber. Beaumont, Esq. ' Sit S. B. Moyland,, Francis Canst, Esq. Hon. Thomas Parker Sir George Dackett, Bart. William Praed, Esq. Sir John Harrington, Bart. . General Shrapnel] Hon: Frederick Hotham Sir William E. Welby, Batt. Sir Richard King, Bart. Sir Robert Wilson ' &C. &e: . &c. • • Capitals, a Million Sterling and upwards. The Profits are divided amongst' those who now insure, as well as the original Members, in just proportion to their. respective payments. In the Fire Office, Returns, during the last thirteen years., to the amount of 52,0001. have been paid to all Persons who have continued. insured 'Seven Years, upon Annual' as well as Septen nial Policies, and whether they have been Sufferers or otherwise. In the e Office, Bonuses of 131. Si. and 26/. 12s: per Cent. have been divided during the last Fourteen Years.—Au other Septennial Dividend will take place next, year, in which those who now, insure will participate. Military Men are not charged 'unless' called - Inm actual service. . . Persons are at liberty to pass and repass to the Continent un der limitations, without Licence and extra Premium. ' • ' Persons removing to unhealthy climates, or subject to bodily may be insured. If any Person die by. Suicide, Duelling, or the Mandl of Jus tice, the full value which his Policy bore on the day previous to the time of his Death will be paid. No Admission Fees are required, nor is any. Charge made for Policies, except the Stamp Ditty. .A. 13 I,N E A, KEIt S' 8 CI E T CHEAP-CABINET and UPHOLSTERY, at the LON DON REPOSITORY for the 'CABINET-MAKERS' SO CIETY, being the only zeal one now existing in Lond on , N o . 71, corner LEADENHALL-STREET, opposite A Id g ote Pump, ind which has been established upwards of Six ye a rs. For Ready Money, and no Abatement. The Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry, that t)ter still conduct the above 'Establishment for the Benefit of industrious and ingenious Me.hanics • (who have large 'fiimilitis); by offering their'' Manufactured Artiolet in the Cabinet Line of the best workmanship, and cheaper than by . any . House in London, no other, profit being required than to satisfy the warehonie rent and incidental expenetss; beingsatiatied with constant . employment to enable them to support their families, the flanner of whom eppear . by the Books of the last Quarterly Meeting. to be 146. From the great patronage •the Committee have received, they are in hopes of increasing that number. The following is a Specimen of the Low Pricei asked ; all Goods warranted • X. s. d. Five feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post •4 10 0 , Tent ditto' 1 6 0 liordereti Mattres4 to fit ,- - Mahogany Drawers with solid ends - Eight Mahogany Chairs . - Mahogany 'Pembroke Table Feather Bed free from dust and smell, 1 1 0 h 0 6 10 0 2. 0 • 0 from 12,0 to 8 8 0 Drawiogrroom Sofa, from .f.l) 5 0 to. 7 7 0 Sofa Bedstead 3 8 0 illahogaoy Ilorte-Bair Sofa, - 6 10 0 upward, A quantity of Paper Hanginge for Bed, Dining, and Drawinif rooms, at nearly Half-price. The Trade will find it worth thesis attention. Houses Furnished at a few days' notice, and Apartments in a few hours.--Goods pecked free of expenoe except the matting. T. Corder IJ. Wiliam I .1. Carter . 1 T. Hasler .1. Unett I W. Waghorn . THURNEI4I. Agent. J. HASLER, Seeretaq 11 rem. ritrishavlNG 'al F...l?Ef i rt-i,AND cium*. UT LE It'S V g( 7 ,1 ET XII LE. Toovi . P6Ml)Elt bas-sci long"been in generalise,: that , it Is aimoxt linneectmiry tg Ofrer any further recontmentlatiOnP: it.. componed Of Vegetables, With o ut the admixture of any mine rat or pernietotta ',ingredient whatever, it it freafrom the usual objectton . against the :Use of other Demi - likes. Its detersive power is just Nuffitilent to annihilate tivoie'vleateuetive,pirtieles which adhere to the Gloms and the Interstices of the Teeth i healing injuries in t.lte former, wit' •proloting a new I:nail - lei (where it ha* hcen iojitred or corroded) on the- hitter. It Elie wise d If r imports a firmness and healthy redness 'to the (lulus; to old a sineOlarly ttxed will preservative Teeth in - mtl uem 'state ge. , , . Sold Bowl,thl. by Iluvlerv, ebetriimts, 4, Cheap - , A, S aukville -street, Dub ,4ide, carnet o r sr. l'aut'il, Lo , n . d . aii li n; an d 73, Pri,rices-vdreet, Ltunintrgiv ; `ivory and e n. 130, New Bond:street,' and 2211, Ilegent-street ; and b y m e prind. nai m e dicina .Venders throughout , the - I.l.nit ell- Kingdotn. r or w h o i n may he had, • Butler's superior Silver -wired Tooth Brushes, Is. each ; and Butler's very fragrant Lavender Water, In. half-pinta, at :lc lid. , _ (r..r Ile careful to irtk for litttleris Vegetable T oot h P owder. ~_ ~.. .. . ANECDOTE OF 140R11 JUgTicE HOLT. The Sergeant at Aries having made bit appearane e in the Court of King's Bench, anti delivered a messag e from the Speaker, signifying that the attendance of the Chief Justice was required before the Commons, Sir John Bolt i s sa id to have answered as follows :—" You say, y ou ar p sen t by the Speaker to requ i re I wou ld attend the H o use of Commons. Now, Sir, I desire , r • You' will attend to me. I. Fat nem, representing the Crown, tne administration of justice. In the per formance of this duty I am not to be interrupted ; and (takin g out his watch, which he laid down before him) if you stay there five minutes, I'll commit you, though you had the Speaker and .the whole House of Con- 1 - ' llo ns in yoUr belly."—The Messenger from the Com mons did not stay— . The Sergeant thought it not prudent to tarry, / 31 4 t, making his bow, marched back int hurry. _ s No. 10,613. THE ARMY. Lieutenant-General James Hay, Lieutenatit-GoveriuW of Tyne.. mouth and Cliff Fort, will stieree.d Lientenaut,Gen.- Hon. :Sir A. Hope, as Lieutenant-Governor of Edinburgh Castle. • . .I.4.utenant-Genertil Wiliam Thomas will succeed LieutPnint- General, James Hay, as Lieutenant,Governor of Tynemouth and (id Fort. The-3'7th {North Hatripshire) regiment of foot hay received orders to prepare for einbarkation at Portsmouth, for Ireland. The 19th (let York North Riding) regiment of infantry has received orders, on being relieved in Ireland by the Sith foot, to prepare for embarkation for the West Indies. l3etaehmenfs of recruits arrived in town on Wednesday evening, from Bristol, on route to join their, respective corps and depots. A SON KILLED BY HIS FATHER. (From the •Warwickshire Pooidele of Thuteday.) "• . Last week, Rytoti and its "neighbourhood were" thrown into a state of considerable agitation, by one of the moat tragical events which has ,occured in this country during the recollectiOn of the oldest inhabitant---4hat of 7a fa ther, in a fit -of ungovernable passion, ahoo!ing his OWII ACM. The perpetrator of this onnatoodcrime isMr.Eburne, respoetable farmer and miller, of the village of Rytoo, near Coventry, and the victim was Francis, a son, about twcnty years, of age, and much esteemed by his neighbours anti friend S- • The melarWholy eiieumatanee took place on Thursday night last, about half--past nine'. o'cloa, in the house of Mr. Eburne; and the young man lingered in much agony till half-past nine on Saturday night, when, he expired. On Windily last an inquest Was held on the body of the . deCeased, at the Cock . publie-houSe, at Rytoh; before John WOOdcock; jun., Esq. FroM the statements of a boy .named Wright, and - a young woman named Izzard, both in :the :service of Mr. Eburne, it, appeared that, on .the, morning of Thursday last,- the deceased, in company with Mr. Tho Mas Banco; cousin, went on horseback to Warwick Races, and after enjoying the sports of the day, they set out together from Warwick and teathed the village of Ryton about nine o'clock in the evening, when they spent a few minutes in company with each other at th^ Coek (where •liiincox resided), after which the deceased mounted his horse, and repaired to, wards home. Mr. Eburne, the father, had been spending the evening at the Cod: with a few friends, and left there on foot a short time before the arrival of his son. The deceased being,on horseback, overtook his father on the road, and passed by him without speaking or noticing hire in any way whatever, and 'reached home a few minutes be fore him. On knocking at the doOr, he was admitted by ' the servant girl' 'nerd, who , had just gone up stairs to bed. On deceased being asked to come into the room and change his dress, as,his clothes were very w e t, h e sa id h e would not, but would go into the 'stable and help the boy Wright to clean,. his - Immediately after the father reached home, and was admitted by the servant girl, who at his reeneat drew . him same beer for' his kupper,ind then went up stairs to bed. in about a quarter, of an hour after the son's first arrival, he 'and the boy came into the house together, when the father intercepted the gun in the passage, and ordered him to go obit of the house. The son replied that he would not. scuffle then ensued between them, and the . boy Wright, tieing frightened, ran up stairs to bed. The noise; it appears, attracted 'Mrs. Eburne' to the spot, who, it is suppoied,be coming 'alarmed at the violence and' rage of the contending parties, culled the servant girl down to her assistance. On her entering the room where the father, son, and Mrs. Eburne were, she went up to the deceased, and entreated him to go to bed; he said it was no business of hers, 'and he would not. At this Moment the deceased was standing with his back towards the copper in' . the kitchen; and his right side towards a door leading to' what is called the hoase —the' place Where the fan - illy dine,'&e.—and in the direr-1 tion 'towards his father; the servant was standing within a few inches of the deceuSed, and Mrs: Eburne next the servant; No conversation was heard by the servant to between the father and son' at' that moment, except that the deceased kaid, " Let him shoOt me if he likes." lle had scarce spoken the words before . Mr. Eburne opened the house door, turned towards his song and discharged a gun, when the young. man im mediately fell on die ground, exclaiming " Oh !" The mo ment the smoke occasioned by the powder had subsided, Mrs. Eburne'endeavoured to raise him up, but the deceas ed said he : would , rather lie and die th ere . Th e d y i ng a youth expressed wish to have a physician, the father promptly despatched a messenger for one. In the interim Mr. Eburne walked to and fro in the house, still under the effects of passion, saying, ho would stand in his own de- feace, and addressing himself to his son exelaiMed. "" You d.—d rogue, lie there," &e.. The unfortunate youth stretch ed out. his hand to his father, in token of forgiveness, when the infatuated man 'said, " You are a rogne, - iind I'll see you d—d first." Every assistance was rendered the wounded young man, which the afflicted wife and the other branches offthe family, could think of, and ow the: arrival of the surgeon (Mr. John EdinondS, of Wolston), he was carried up stairs, the father assisting in t h e melancholy task. The wound %vas immediately tires's ed.; but it will of:that dangerous nature wi to preclude the least hope . of his recovery, and the ,result Was us above stated. , Mr. Edmonds, in his 'examination, • stated, that during. Thursday • night he questioned the. deceased. as to the manner in whit+ he came by the wound, and he replied, Wh en I- came home my father quarrelled with. me; •he struck and kicked me several - times, and - I did not know what to do, so that at last I struck my father several times; but I do not think my father m e a nt to do m. Anil fr om t h e statement of Mr. me any itkiny, surgeon, it . appeared that Mr. Ebnr ne ' s f ace b ore , C il o l i e li x n c s i , tecl by passion." evident marks of violence; one of his ears and his nose Were . cut and his face otherwise injured. During to the the x Jury,a the witnesses, a re p ort was brought Mr. Eb ne (wo bad 1 d abscond e d) ro:eintahta examination * lir Was near at hand, and was about voluntarily to surrender himself. At the 'dose of the examination, about-lour o'clock, it being again stated that Mr. Eburne.would'posi tively resign himself up to the police in the evening, the irique4' Wits ad j ourned t ill e i g ht o'clock. At half-p ast n i ne o ' c l oc k a message was received that 1 1-e. Eburne had failed to surrenderhunself at the time and k !ttee appoin te d , and that he ' was no where to be ibmid. he Coroner;then:read o v er the depositions to the jury, who return e d a verdict of Morrie, the father 'or the 'deilerige& ' ~ Wilf u l Murder" against Mr. shortly after hail been returned, Mr. Eburne, who had surrendered him-, self, was brough t in Soon aftet this verdict wick Gaol, to await his the custody of a constable, and, was w A r i a r r oner . s wa riunt read over to Tim, - t44n before the jury, and the depositions He was then committed on the 'and yesterday morning was conveyed to. trial at the next Assizes. UNGENTLEMANLY CONDUCT. OF ' A PiG.--Friday a qhild near Etienvale, grmis, had both his IV dreadfully torn by a 'pig, whil e t h e mot h er went for water ; she left a little boy of eight ur ten years in charge 'of the infant, who forg o t the charge and went to play......Dubiia Morning Register. CURIOUS HISTORICAL ANECDOTE. TO THE EDITOR 'OF THE SUN. SIR—In looking over some old historical works lately I have met with several singular, anecdotes, which, if they should apkar likely to be interesting to your readers, are much at your service, as related in the following extracts Queen Mary having dealt severely with the Pro testants in England, about the latter end of her reign, A signed a commission to o take the- same c ourse with them in Ireland ; and to execute the same with greater force, she nominates Dr. Cole o ne of the Commis sioners. This Doetor, coming with the commission to Chester, on his journey, the Mayor of that City, hearing that tier, Majesty w as sen ding a messenger- into Ireland, and he being a churchman, waited on the Doctor, who, in diseouree with the 'ayos, taketh out of a cloak-hag, a leath er -b ox , sa yi ng onto him, 4 , Here is a commission that shall lash the heretics in Ireland," Calling 'the Protestants by that name ! The good woman of the- house, being welt-affected to the Pro testant religion, and also having a brother, named John Edmonds, of the, same, then a citizen in Dub lin, was much troubled at the Doctor's words, but Watching her convenient lime, while the Mayor took his leave, and th e D oc t or comp li mente d hi m down the stairs, she opened the-box, takes the commission -out, and places in lieu th ereo f ' a - s h eet of paper, witha pack of cards wrapped,up therein, the knave of clubs, being placed uppennost.• The DOctor &Mang up . to 'his chamber, suspecting: nothing of what had been done, put up the box as formerly. The next day going to the water side, wind and weather serving him, he.sails towards Ireland, and landed on the seventh of OCto 7 her, 1558, at Dublin ; then coming to the' castle, the Lord Fitz-Walter, being Lord -Deputy, , sent for hi m , t o come b e f ore hi m an d the Privy Coun cil, who coming in, after lie had made, a,speech, relating upon what account he came over, he, pre sents the box unto the Lord Deputy, who caus ing it to be 'opened, that the; Secretary might -read the Commission, there was . nothing save a pack of, cards, with the knave-of clubs uppermost, N‘ Inch not only startled the Lewd Deputy and Council, hut the Doctor, who assured him; he had'a. Commission,:but knew not him it was 'gone. I hen the , Lord 'Deputy Made answer, .4', I..et us have another Commission, and w 4 will shuffle the cards iu the mean while." The . 1/Idor being' tronbled in his 'Mind, - went away, and returned • into England,. 'and coming to the Court, obtained another commission ; but news .came to him that the Queen was dead; and thus God preserved the Protestants of Ireland.-See Cat's Hibernia Ank' -Vol. 11. Queen Elizabeth was so delighted with this story, which was related to her by Lord Fitz-Walter, on his Jet Urn to England, that she sent for Elizabeth Edtnonds, -whose husband's n a m e was Mattershead, and gave h er a pension of 40/. (hiring fiadeian Mis. THE LATE LORD GIFFORD. TO THE EDITOR. . _ • Sir,—So many inaccuracies have been stated respecting the family and history of Lord Gifford, that I beg to lay the following short statement befor e your readers : His father's. principal business was that of a hop-mer chant, and since his death, the business, until within the last ten yearS, was carried on by - his Lordihip'S elder liro theta, Mr. \Warman and • Mr. Charles Gifford, both of• whom are still living at Exeter, having retired from busi .ness.. Robert was by many years the youngest of the faMily and, was educated at a small sc h oo l k ept by a Dissenting Minister in that city . (not under Dr. O'Halloran as has heen stated). I Was' his sehoolfelloW,' and at that early age - young Robert Gifford was looked upon as.a very superior boy, _ both by his master and his schoolfellows; and the old gentleman has since told me, that Gifford was the cleverest boy he ever had under him. At the age of seventeens he was articled to Mr. Jones, a respectable Solicitor, .at Exeter, and th ere soon s h owed that he Was a yoUng man of very superior abilities. I remem ber • Mr. Baring,. the then Member for Exeter, having been at Mr..lones's office on business, where he had seen young Gifford, saying to a relation of. mine, I have been talking with a young man who will one day be. Lord Chan cellor. Little did he th en thi n k h ow near ly prophecy would' be fulfilled. Mr. Jones had so high an opinion of Mr. Gifford, that he offered to take him into partnership, if his nephew, who was then practising in London, did not wish to return to Exeter. , Mr. Jones did, however, take his:nephew into partnership, and Mr. (Mind,. by the ad ice. of his friends, determined on being railed to the Bar. He had then no property Of his own, and *as-educated for the Bar, and maintained for several years by.his',eldest brother, Mr. •Wearman. Gifford. On behig called to the Bar, be immediately got busineis, . and it was soon found, that- he was..the :only '.man .on the circuit who could compete with Lens. and Pell. In. 1814, Mr. ' bot, the. present Lord ChielJustice, and Mr. Dauncey (one Of' the most brilliant orators of day) were brought to Exeter on special. retainers to. condnct a great , lunacy ques- 1 tion, which 'occupied: nine days, unit Mr. Gifford was se_ lected, alone, to conduct the Mr. hecatiepoinfrotrldie tohtehnersshidoew.edTahree extraordinary powers tha alive in the recollection of every Barrister on' the Western Circuit. The manlier in which he conducted this case, believe, first brought him into the • notice of Lord Ellen borough; who recommended Wm to the however,.Chane ello f at. ora s te il i k ule g t o ll ' o n ; The rhe s r i e l e b o s n e l y m ne e n n t th e tt ar io e 0 n er 4 1 8 not, this:eminent : Noble man is known to • every one.- AN. Advoeate„ he was shrewd, powerful, and determined,-and never •.had a client cause to complain Of the manner in Which his ease was con ducted; as a Judge, he Was. patient .and intelligent, and never has any man ventured to .questioii his judgments. In' vote life, I may almost say, 116 Was without n fault; this, at least, I will say—never did . th --- grave dale over a man more sincerely beloved, and mare deeply lamented by all who : knew him, than Lord Gifford. EXONIEIVSIs. Li LA 500 W, SEPT. 1 o.—The committee are taking active measures to prevent the spread of typhus fever in this city. A person has been uppointed, whose sole duty is to visit the various wynds, lanes„eloses, Sand other confined districts, where fever is most likely to prevail • and' to r e port where n u i sances exist, that • they may be removed ; whether the inhabitants are in a healthY or unhealthy state.; instantly to remove in fectious patients ; to see the clothes washed ; snd the houses properly fumigated and white-washea. Fever has been found most prevalent in the Old Wynd and the Dridge-gate; and is generally confined to the lower orders of Irish. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1826. . , 7 1 • . 4- :. ° , -4 "t ;*, •. ( 7 , ------ 4 , , _.''' ‘% L....-_, ' - ' s 4 - , . " •,,1 * ~ .- '-' n • - i ,." . •* - W - .•;• ' ' -'. ' s . k. .. , 4 , . „;..... „ti , . 4 ~. ..... e .....) ~„, 4, , , 4* ? ,, .) . 4 .---4, -- •?i,, ''''l ' ' , r , ,:. '. ' -•,' • ``" • ', ij ..,, iN ji, 1 1,' , 7 )- , Sk''' -4:-:.,„! , ' 4 ' IkfOiN '''''.. 0 ilLy6;(l —____ ' t 1 . 111 , • . . . • t ( 4 , .:- . 5 4411 11111411 • PRICE 71). MACADAMISATION. TO THE EDITOR. OF I HE SUN. Slit—The author of the paragraph in your , Paper on the great blessings of Macadamisation 'is, no doubt, much better acquainted with the properties of stone for the reparation of roads, - than with th e d e li ca t e structure of the horie',s foot, or even the principles of shoeing. I almost. doubt, if ever he possessed so noble an animal as the horse, if so,. he would have contri buted a small portion of time, valuable as it may be, in studying its comforts; 'and not conclude, as I pre- . sume he must, that the foot of the horse is an insen sible mass of horn, capable of being hammered, bro 7 ken, and even crushed, with as much impunity as the roads.on which it is so rapidly driven. NoW, Sir, to confute the assertion of the present system of road-making being a preservative to horses' feet, let. me ask,•have we fewer lame horses now than before Mr. Macadam commenced his career ? Gen tlemen Travellers, Post . Masters, and Stage Coach Proprietors, will soon .caantince .ybur Correspondent to the contrary, and that their Father's bill is not lessened, or hoises shyer in visiting the forge. The ease of driving, and the obstruction' to 'vehicles, I am well aware, is lessened ; that' they travel with greater velo city, and hOrses at an increased pace but by so doing what is the inevitable result ? extra wear on the shoes, and infinitely more concussion produced on the ela9- tic parts of the feet . •ahtl' jOints by corning in contact with roads whose surface, in the vicinity of Bristol particularly, resembles a lime and sand floor, except mg when dug up 'and covered with newly broken stones, the triangular points of which are then con stantly piercing and wounding the frogs and soles of the horses' feet, making them tender, and frequently proceeding to a state of :siipptftatiMi, by which the animal becomes lame and useless for a considerable time : let me also add the impossibility of travelling a few Miles' without being obliged to alight and dis lodge stones confined within the feet. I think, with out being either a rough rider or a Bristol navigator, the latter I am quite at a lois to comprehend the writer's ideas on ;.it may be gravely asserted, that . theSe are some a the least of the' blessings if our Mac adamised roads. 1 urn, Sir,'your obedient burnble'servant. NATHANIEL II; LEIGH, Bristol, Sept. 12, 1826. • " Veterinary Surgeon. .have presumed, Mr. Editor, to . Anoui you .with the fonndation of my.opinion 'for stating that hard roads are injurious to. ,horses' feet ; ,you will oblige me by allowing it to appear in your extensively circulated publication, and' should the Macadamite wish any further information on the anatomy of the horse's foot, I should advise his attending a course of lectures at the Veterinary College, when he will get at " the secret worth knowing," expand his ideas, and demi atruth, the result of many years' observation% N. Y. 1.. NEWSPAPER DUTIES The Fourteenth Report of the Commissioners for Inquir ing into the Collection of the Revenue, conniins, we oh.. serve, a recommendation, which; With a view of equalizing the Duties on Newspaper Advertisements, would increase them, to the ruin alike both of, the trade and the. revenue. It is notorious, and We, believe generally admitt e d, th at newspapers are already burdened with inordinate duties, which are .seriously injurious to the trade, as well as to the revenue. Now, the present proposition of a progreisive duty on advertisements, beginning with 2s. on the and ending at 10s. on twenty lines, would be a Most emir bitant addition to the present tax. It will lie easy to prove this beyond nil doubt. The present duty on all advertise ments is as. 6d., and by the proposed scheme this duty is to commence at aix linem,so that it ia only on advertisements of fivelines that any reduction o f d ut y i s t o take place.— 84 newspapers, with the exception of one or two of the London journals, contain scarcely any advertisements of tire lines. For one such advertisement there are a Min= dyed larger ones. The low duty, 'therefore, is really ; there would he, in fact, no diminution of duty, but an inordinate addition—such an addition as would prove ruinous to the interests of all concerned. Above ten lines it is proposed to levy an additional duty of Is, Gd.; above flfteen.lines au additional duty of 45.; and above twenty lines'an additional duty ' of.6s. (id. As we have already show !) , there would he no diminu tion of duty,.but a rise at three different sta ges , equa l to 40 per cent., 112 per cent ., and nearly' . 200 per vent. on the preaent ditties. Putting the whole additional duties together, they would amount, on an average, to an ad ditional one hundred and fifty per cent, on the existing heavy .tax. The scheme of the Commissioners, then, ; simply, this, that the present duties on newspaper advertise ments should be more than doubled—a proposition so ruinousandextravaglint, that it is wonderful how it could be for one moment entertained by; 111011 in the least 'degree Conversant either in finance or in public business. News paperS are alreedy overburdened with taxes, to the injury both of the trade and the revi-nue. The last addition to the newspaper and advertisement mintier:, as we sho we d from the Parliamentary accounts, was not productive, The .Treasury drew no more duty from the high than they f f is o c rn t :e.,:l ie d h i d th f e ro v n ii t ri t i te m l e o n t i v ar d y u c t ieosn;l:iliisisdkiniliertsliti4fililete to t)fhtahyies known, and in a time too of profound peace, when the Country is expecting relief from taxation, to come forward with a proposition for heaping on an'already over burdened emiumaliry 140 per cent. of additional iinty, ,is such a stretch of absurdity that we really cannot amount for it. The.,Commissioners say, that, the charge on the lower class of advertisements would be'amply rompensated by the increase of their number; and•thiwthe additi on : to the higher classes ‘votild materially ,mgmeut the aggregat, receipts, without being buyileio,aue to the contributors." Now, the Commissioners, it will be here observed, hold out the reduction of duty to he such a relief that it tiill i ncrease the n u mber of advertisements ;; but the edditional duty; they say, will be no bitrden. To pay 2s. in place d. will be 3, it seems, a'rehet, and will irrrrc'tts~ the of advertisements; but to pay lOs. instead of 3s.tid. "w — It vats it has ph;:seend site 6ft n- ct f ' s will f number m 3 l 6 l b . e b ti posed 1, TORN . ), We need Hot wond er th at h t e lt i e l y r arrive at rather :Ex'lloa advertisements; stariling conclusions.: The truth is, that the scheme of ono, after a- l a( progmssive duty is ?h t ite i n o ilud t ro and don with they newspaper proprietors, it was ab 4 1 "114 ( 1 1 71 ' :C I t e n n ci c:e i ) o , a o f 4 f t h a i3 e f d t was tried in Ireland, and after a short ant °ll° trial was Oven • lt • kd . Eit ; nnpot . . 11) ',aeration were pr opposed in these 4A ties it ought clearly to be a reduction. Th itt vertooM ;tax iS a most inconvenient and heavy bitrden ou-simmers'; A .12‘4 1 , t11 1 410:: 7:13:101; ~ ,::* < i: 4 . '. „ ..„.4 ' 1 C sl .- ~-:' -' t • and its net prod u c e is only; 140,0[301. -° ri . ;, , '; ' ' f e ~:1 , .. r ) duty were redu c ed t o 2 s . or l a th • -to iftPnidisury could not be mat,' while it.wcaild i do away:a most inju rious restraint on trade. The tax is at -present at its maximum. The" error o f the Commissionersis in not seeing this, and that anysaddition• to it would.eause the revenue not to increase, but to fall off. The reasoning: of the Corn missioneis is just es conclusive for 4 dectease; as for. en in crease of the tax. If 3s. 6d. he the duty on an advertie meta of five fines, they seem to have thought that an ad vertisement of 20 lines ought to pay a heavier duty; hilt may we not just as well argue, that if 3s. 6d. be the duty ()fan advertisement of 20 lines, a slimier advertisement of five lines should pay a lower duty ? The one proposition is just as reasonable as the other. W' really hope we shall hear no more of • this foolish businese..—Catedonian Afercury. ,111=111111111.11 DUTY ON ADVERTISEMENTS. The following is an extract frorn the foarteenth report of the Commissioners of biquirYitito the Revenue, gre.;,-- " In the course of our inquiries respecting the collection of the advertisement duty, (London Stamp Oflice),-our at tention has been called to some suggestions, of ate altera tion both in the amount and in the manner of charging it, which appear to its to be deserving, of your Lordship's con sideration.: The duty present ia ehsrged nately upon all advertisements, without any distinction es to their length or subject.; and as a :large proportion of them are inserted by persons in huMble Situations .in (we allude more especially to servants out, of 'plaCe), the. duty of three shillings 'and six-pence; in additiOn to the charge for insertion, (which it generally exceeds in amount), becomes very heavy upon those, whowho.tn ill probability eau aforti it, whilst upon the, larger descriptions of adier titernents, relating to valuable property; and inserted by persons in the inure opulent ,cleases, the :saint:duty bearing scarcely any proportion: to the price of insertion, is hardly felt in the general chunge.". This, in our mitid;is just aS it slundd be, end tee (Free man's Jalfrnal) would forcibly reconunend thin the same obseiVetionbe made to apply to the poorer - class of salver- risers also, partieularly those 'in search of brktd, by a very considerable reduction' of the duty, or pi , naly rather, at tending.the publication of their. necessities; and this, we think, could be accomplished NN ithout tutting advertisers of another description, nearly to the atuOttnt of a 'prohibition, u. 4 is reeduunended underneath . , . " Under the circumstanceu,,' eOutinue the commis iiimers; which have been brought before us on this bub jeer,. we have been led to think, that Considerable . relief and encourt4ernent would be afforded to the lower class of advertisers, and that at the same time an iniporiant addi liOn would probably he made to• the general receipt under this head of Revenue, by adopting a progressive, instead, of en uniform rate of charge, for this. branch of., duty« With this view, we Iyottld propose, that the charge 'should he made according to the •length of the adver tiennut, by counting the words or lin t - in cad+. We annex. the ibllowing table of a progre: , ;si‘e rate of duty, which appears to us to be well calculated to meet the ob jeet proposed d, For all advertisements. not exceeding five lines Do. above five, and not exceedincten 3 $ Do. teu, Orem Lln, fifteen twenty: Do, twenty 0' " We feel little (doubt, that under such en :arrangement, the diminution of the charge on the lower classes at adver tisements: would be amply. compensated, ,by the increase in their numher, and that the addition, to the higher classes Would materially augment . the aggregate receipts,:witbaut being burthensOme to the c o nt r ib u t ors ." " • 1. -. 4)w the Comtnisioners of Inquiry arrived at the . latter part of this enticluNion, we confess we cannot comprehend. Six.-pence each line, up to twenty lines, (considerably more. than a half-penny cr wordJ, would be certainly addressing the public at some cost. W e d ou bt t h at even the wealthy people of England would avail themselves of an accommo dation so extravagantly taxed, and we are quite aura that an attempt to .exterat a similar scale of itripewt to, irtilaufl, would speedily annihilate the advtalising deportment' of newspapers in this country iiltogether.— Freeman' s Journal. • The AS7affeld Iris contains the following remarks: on the Atiggestiohs given by the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry respeeting the duty on adVertisements If the commissioners he sincere in their profession of merely Wishing to regulate the duty on advertisements, the plea they have. suggested is most unfartnnute; end- proves them to have no practi ca l acquaintenve whatever.with the subject Which they have ventured to meddle with. If they had reeoni mended u division of advertisements into two classes, se parating them after the tenth line, with a duty of Is. on each advertisement not exceeding ten lines, end ifit, on those above 'that number, we, believe the revenue would sustain no loss, and eommerce would lie grec.tiy benefited by the favility. with which. short notices could be given to the public at, little.expenee. We have been at the trouble of examining ,u great number of advertisements to ascertain tie near as possible, the propertion of them under and above ten lines, and we find that in the average from two-thirds to . three horths consist of more than ten lineS. Those of 10 lines and under are about us 30 to 100. At 3s. 6d, each advertisement 'duty, one hundred: would amount to 171. 10s. ; seventy at 4ta. would be lilt; and thirty at Is. would be N., which ,would be only 10s. under the full Ammon at the present rate of duty ; and if the reduction of duty occasioned an increase of 5 per cent. in the nuM 7 ber.of advertisements, the revenue would. be equal to whet it is at present. 'there can lie no doubt but en increase would take place in more than that proportion, which would be in favour:of the revenue. We iere convinced, that, upon the whole, edvertisententir are overtaxed al ready, and that a relief afforded to shorter ones especially, would so far increase their number us would More than Compensate for the difference in the individual duty; and this being the cop, we maintain, thet it' the same sum now bruit ht. to ( .. roverriment , could be paid by les•#tning the impost, and increasing rim number of advertisements, 'llw subject g a isu s c a t: ait iout'ers, and :tistolci:vlteeffil:wliislortgailodeernlti,eraigazoiii7e;!,:::.l(4l unite. their Strength against such a meesure as that ptoposed by the committee being carried into effect." G P. %'l' .MEN AND THEIR. VANITIF.s.—Lord nyroti was vainer of his proficiency in swimming, than of his fection in poetry ; and poor Mohair' of his quadrille dancing, than of his talents as a novelist. 111 r. tamphell is grander of his crude plan for n London liniversity, than of his " twin immortal lyrics;" Wilson of his angling capabilities, aud .of ilia kopwlOge of the hest trouting streams in the north of England, than of his literary. powers; 111 r. Hope Cif his connoisseurship, than of A OWal nuts ; 1)r. Kitchener of his humbug hook on spectacles:, than of his of lily s liw t l t hi p ui r ‘c e vi t lit u mi tt ott t g •y tat t of e• iud t u iii l ies i t t . l 4 l l iit a ll i nti lli ie it t : i. ; olll, a iv n: pu t rro l o i fi e pec U iel uk le i ‘ o ,ii f ,l4.l :l tr r h o lop li at in .n_ g o to ulii r e t Iliercury. : csa well )(omen in the To these we lally ;lad more .1 - w:in--, me literar). circles. 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